Isles need more scoring from young players
newsday.com 10/26/2008 — After winning their home opener against St. Louis, the Isles lost their next two home games, yielding a total of 12 goals in the process. That's what their team meeting was about after Thursday's loss to Dallas.

Down two, Isles battle back, then lose in 3rd
newsday.com 12/24/2008 — Like nearly everyone else, Bill Guerin has a holiday wish list. But what he and the rest of his Islanders teammates want isn't going to fit under just any old Christmas tree.

NO RICK, BUT ISLES FIGHT ON ?
nypost.com 11/3/2008 — After his team fell apart in the third period of Saturday night's loss, Islanders head coach Scott Gordon said that he hadn't really thought about being without Rick DiPietro for 4-6 weeks following knee surgery on Friday. The coach's mindset...

Isles lose opener to Devils; DiPietro doesn't play
newsday.com 10/11/2008 — For his first command decision as coach of the Islanders, Scott Gordon chose to bench franchise goaltender Rick DiPietro for the season opener rather than risk his health too soon when he still is coming back from hip and knee surgery.  ...

It s starting to get old
newsday.com 11/10/2008 — Isles blow another two-goal lead, then lose game in shootout > Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the Islanders are fast developing a reputation ...

Isles rally from two goals down but lose in OT
newsday.com 12/17/2008 — The Islanders were down by two goals to Washington and one period away from seven straight regulation losses, which threatened to match their worst stretch in five years. But Richard Park, who already had a goal and an assist, came out and lit the ...

Isles gets 60 shots on goal, but lose to Carolina
newsday.com 10/26/2008 — The ending of the Islanders' 4-3 loss to Carolina last night at the Coliseum couldn't have been more exciting with Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward gloving a penalty shot by Doug Weight with 0.7 seconds left that was a team-record 60th shot of the ...

Isles lose Okposo at least a month with wrist injury
newsday.com 12/6/2008 — This was supposed to be a season dedicated to developing top prospects and laying a foundation for the future, but thanks to another major injury, it almost seems as though the Islanders' youth movement is over before it started. The club announced ...

Isles rally from 2-0 deficit, then lose to Caps
newsday.com 12/5/2008 — WASHINGTON - Except for the game's first score, goaltender Joey MacDonald and the Islanders handled everything else Washington star Alex Ovechkin could throw at them, including 11 shots on goal, 15 shot attempts, a cross-check and a boarding penalty. ...

Isles blow lead again, but this time win in OT
newsday.com 11/4/2008 — After such an awful memory came bouncing back to the Islanders, it was only fair that the puck did, too. Chris Campoli thought his first shot had gone in, but he was glad nonetheless when the puck came back to his stick. He fired and shot it in ...